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Presidential security aide on robbery spree
AN ARMED member of the Presidential Guard has been arrested for committing a spate of robberies in the Masasa mining area in Mazowe last month.The matter came to light at the Bindura Magistrat...Published: 05 Dec 2019 at 06:41hrs | 3322 | by Staff reporter
Significant decline in cash premiums: RBZ
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Monetary Policy Committee has said the recent injection of new bank notes and coins into the system has resulted in significant decline in cash premiums. In ...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 07:18hrs | 1975 | by Staff rpeorter
Zanu-PF MP dies
MATABELELAND South Zanu-PF Member of Parliament (Proportional Representation) Alice Ndlovu-Zulu has died. She was 63. Her younger brother, Mr Patnas Mazibuko said Ndlovu-Zulu succumbed to kidn...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:24hrs | 11589 | by Staff reporter
Sex workers lead Aids fight
A wave of warm air blows through the night, raising wisps of dust that make the night in Chiredzi unfriendly.But for the dozens of sex workers lining up the walls of the infamous Chigarapasi B...Published: 01 Dec 2019 at 06:13hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
'Cops' arrested for robbery
FIVE men from Bulawayo who masqueraded as police officers before robbing several residents of more US$30 000 and R43 000 as well as an assortment of goods worth more than $200 000 have been arrested. ...Published: 29 Nov 2019 at 09:36hrs | 382 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers prey on worshipers
Police in Chinamhora have launched a manhunt for two suspects who allegedly pounced on female worshippers in Domboshava Hills and stole apostolic faith garments, among other items.The Dombosha...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 06:42hrs | 1311 | by Staff reporter
6 armed robbers jailed 5 years, another shot dead
SIX armed robbers, who pounced on a Bindura family and robbed them of their valuables, were yesterday sentenced to seven years in prison by Bindura magistrate Noel Mupeiwa.Jerry Mhere (27), La...Published: 26 Nov 2019 at 07:30hrs | 1049 | by newsday comment
Zimbabwe police officers attacked in Harare CBD
Zimbabwe Republic Police officers were attacked in Harare CBD on Friday night by what the police says was a 16 man gang. According to the police at least 3 police officers were beaten up and injured b...Published: 25 Nov 2019 at 06:57hrs | 2393 | by Staff reporter
Police warn CBD hooligans
A 16-member male gang went on a rampage in Harare's central business district on Friday night and assaulted and injured three uniformed police officers before they broke into a few shops along Leopold...Published: 24 Nov 2019 at 14:06hrs | 325 | by Staff rpeorter
Mvurwi robbers jailed 4 years
THREE Mvurwi robbers who robbed a drinking mate after offering him a plate of sadza were jailed yesterday by Guruve resident magistrate Shingirai Mutiro.The trio Gilbert Kahari , Chamunorwa Ka...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 10:09hrs | 1717 | by Simbarashe Sithole
'The genocide that robbed me of my father'
The doctors' strike was just one of those stories that we have become accustomed to as Zimbabweans and it didn't mean much to me until my father was hospitalised and subsequently passed on at the Unit...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 05:58hrs | 476 | by Sinqobile Tesa
Pair jailed for stabbing & robbing cop
TWO men from Bulawayo have each been sentenced to 60 months in prison for stabbing a police officer seven times all over the body with an okapi knife before robbing him of his wallet and a cellphone. ...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 07:16hrs | 186 | by Staff reporter
'Armed robber' shot in Beitbridge
A SUSPECTED armed robber is battling for life at Beitbridge District Hospital after he was shot and seriously injured by cops while trying to attack them using a knife during a raid at a shebeen in th...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 04:56hrs | 1501 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF youth a bizarre lot
IN a country battling an unprecedented economic turmoil and social upheaval, it is nothing short of bizarrely tragic that a group of young people would vow to defend a government that has been the big...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:40hrs | 950 | by Staff reporter
The evil Unity Accord died with Nkomo & Mugabe
The death of Joshua Nkomo in 1999 and Robert Mugabe this year marked the death of the most evil and oppressive document ever signed by black leaders in post colonial Africa titled Unity Accord. ...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 07:04hrs | 2315 | by Israel Dube
Rufaro Stadium condemned
Fading giants Dynamos, who have called Rufaro their home for time immemorial, have joined in the chorus criticising the state of the playing surface at the Mbare venue. The Glamour Boys coach,...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 06:46hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa: The tenacity of pan-African moral political-standing
Last week on Thursday after addressing the Second Zanu-PF National Youth League Assembly meeting at the Party's Headquarters in Harare, His Excellency President Emmerson Mnangagwa left for Gaborone, B...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:38hrs | 132 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
Police launch manhunt for robbery gang
POLICE have launched a manhunt for six robbers who attacked five mine workers and robbed them of R6 000, US$180, RTGS$800 and two cell phones in Colleen Bawn. Matabeleland South acting provinc...Published: 02 Nov 2019 at 07:01hrs | 577 | by Staff reporter
We have a moral duty to denounce sanctions
Zimbabweans in all their different shades and from various social and political backgrounds on Friday 25 October, expressed their exasperation on the continued existence of illegal sanctions by the Eu...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:49hrs | 84 | by Ranga Mataire
Couple robbed, wife raped
FOUR machete-wielding illegal gold panners allegedly raided a Kwekwe homestead and robbed the owner of cellphones, R220 and $11 before taking turns to rape his wife while he watched helplessly. ...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 07:15hrs | 2382 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa leaves it to God
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has virtually surrendered Zimbabwe's fate to God and believes the country's turbulent phase will ease with the intervention of The Almighty.Mnangagwa was speaking ...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 20:29hrs | 4940 | by newzimbabwe
Devil's Advocate
The passing of the late Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe has left the country's citizens with different opinions. Some mourn the passing of the founding father and others celebrate his legac...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 16:26hrs | 3232 | by Anesu Munyama
MaShurugwi terror grips Zimbabwe's gold rich areas
Takesure Choga considers himself lucky to be alive after he was abducted by thugs driving an unregistered car, who stripped him naked and dumped him in a bush in Kwekwe.Choga, a human rights a...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:52hrs | 762 | by Staff reporter
Dumb thief returns to victims' house wearing stolen loot
A CHEEKY, if not dumb thief from Bulawayo was arrested after he went to one of his victims' house two days after robbing him, wearing clothes he had stolen from the home. Noel Tshuma (20) from...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 15:03hrs | 633 | by Staff reporter
The menace of Mashurugwis going on unabated. It's like we are in a war-zone
Came face to face with "mashurugwi" whatever their name is. I tell you guys they are like the banyamulengas in the DRC. It happened at 1735hrs today at Rumwe business centre in Kadoma. They dr...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 19:45hrs | 63 | by chaguta
Prophet sentenced to 25 years in jail for armed robbery
A Self-proclaimed prophet and his nephew who ganged up and robbed two shops at Jalukange Business Centre in Beitbridge District after firing 25 bullets, shooting two people leading to the death of one...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 15:24hrs | 63 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions; the anguish of Zim women
Sanctions placed on Zimbabwe are erroneously said to be targeted on a few individuals and selected companies. I am a simple Zimbabwean woman and I have a harrowing tale that is shared by many a Zimbab...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 11:57hrs | 12 | by Gift Mashoko
Mugabe obstinate in death as in life
Although the deposed late former President Robert Mugabe was finally buried at his rural home in Zvimba, tongues will continue waging. As I see it, his snubbing the National Heroes Acre, a shrine he i...Published: 17 Oct 2019 at 08:53hrs | 15 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Long serving deputy police spokesperson retires
MASHONALAND Central provincial deputy police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Petros Masikati retied over the weekend after 31 years of service in the same province.Speaking at Masikati's fare...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 14:29hrs | 70 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Prophet Chamisa in 'armed robbery, murder'
A self-proclaimed prophet and his nephew who ganged up and allegedly robbed two shops at Jalukange Business Centre in Beitbridge District after firing 25 bullets, shooting two people leading to the de...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 07:15hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
SA taxi associations terrorising Zimbabwean immigrants in Pretoria
"We are living in fear. We do not know when they will strike next," says Ashley Johnson.Johnson, a Zimbabwean living in Pretoria, is nursing wounds after being attacked last week at a shop by ...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 18:43hrs | 1326 | by Kimberly Mutandiro, GroundUp
Tragedy as Zimbabweans are robbed of their culture and traditions
Zimbabweans in the UK are seriously shocked by the loss of culture In Zimbabwe. Most Zimbabweans had cultivated the thought of sending their kids to Zimbabwe for cultural lessons.&nb...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 05:48hrs | 503 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Doctors, nurses' strike requires a sober approach
In our NewsDay Weekender edition on Saturday we carried a depressing story of how the country's major public hospitals have turned into dens of death as helpless patients succumb to their sicknesses i...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 06:46hrs | 1961 | by Staff reporter
Police track down armed robbers
POLICE in Mutare have launched a manhunt of a gang of robbers that has transformed the Zimunya and Mutasa areas into a terror zones after attacking five business premises and escaped with cash and an ...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 11:32hrs | 1009 | by Staff reporter
Driver robbed while relieving himself
A DRIVER lost R2 100 and two cellphones to two knife wielding robbers who attacked him after he had stopped to relieve himself at a spot along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Highway.Matabeleland Sout...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:37hrs | 691 | by Staff reporter
Cop 'stabbed' 7 times
THREE men have been arrested for allegedly stabbing a police officer seven times all over the body with an okapi knife before robbing him of his wallet and a cellphone.Mthabisi Sibanda (33), P...Published: 11 Oct 2019 at 06:36hrs | 888 | by Staff reporter
Armed robbers 'get away with over $17K USD'
EIGHT armed robbers allegedly raided a family in Bulawayo's Kumalo suburb and got away with more than US$17 000 among other valuables using their victim's car which they later abandoned. The i...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 05:54hrs | 2433 | by Staff Reporter
Drama as convict charges at magistrate, destroys property, court closes
A NOTORIOUS Kwekwe robber who was previously sentenced for 54 months on assault and two robbery could not stomach an additional 12 months of restitution of $61 026 to different people he robbed....Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 05:20hrs | 18 | by Simbarashe Sithole
British couple robbed during holiday in Zimbabwe
A private lodge on the edge of Hwange National Park is offering RTGS$16 000 to any person with information about two suspected robbers that broke into one of its rooms and stole some goods and cash be...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 06:57hrs | 39 | by newzimbabwe
MSU, Zupco seal bus deal
The Midlands State University (MSU) has sealed a deal with ZUPCO to have a bus that plies the town - Senga route for students only.Students are expected to produce their school identity cards ...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 19:52hrs | 1164 | by Staff reporter
Condolences pour in for Chilufya
CONDOLENCES for former Highlanders midfielder Charles Chilufya, who died in Zambia on Sunday, continued to trickle in yesterday, with Zifa and Bosso paying their homage. Chilufya, who set the ...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 06:37hrs | 564 | by Staff reporter
Teen jailed for housebreaking, robbery
A TEENAGER from Bulawayo has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for housebreaking and robbery. Bruce Nyathi (19) from Nketa suburb robbed Ms Samukeliso Moyo (35), Mr Milton Charamba (21), M...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 06:37hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe missing from his fortified grave?
Even in death comrade Mugabe was heavily protected. His body came as the most valuable dead body on earth. All this because of the fear of Juju. Juju "magic" may seem strange, mythical and oth...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 14:29hrs | 39718 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Zimbabwean asylum seeker fears being raped in SA prison
SOUTH AFRICA: A Zimbabwean national who has been in a Pretoria jail with 16 compatriots for being illegally in the country told the court the Home Affairs ministry was refusing their applications for ...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 15:10hrs | 1931 | by Staff Reporter
Bulawayo nurse gang raped and robbed by people speaking shona
A 32-YEAR-OLD nurse from Bulawayo is lucky to be alive after she was allegedly gang raped at knife point by armed robbers at her Cowdray Park home. Promise Mpunzi (24) and Nkosixolo Mpofu (28)...Published: 27 Sep 2019 at 07:16hrs | 873 | by Staff reporter
African Religion and Governance in a changing world. Where thou goest native Africa!
It is my humble intention to speak to this paper in response to my learned brother Kenyan Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba's presentation to The All-Africa Religious Liberty 3rd Congress in...Published: 22 Sep 2019 at 15:00hrs | 589 | by Reginald Nyathi
Remembering Dr Mzee: Soul of the nation
CDE SIMON Muzenda, who had his last breath on September 20, 2003 at Parirenyatwa Hospital, was declared a national hero and buried at the National Heroes Acre in Harare. On Friday, the nation commemor...Published: 22 Sep 2019 at 09:29hrs | 220 | by Staff reporter
Whodunnit? And Why?
Two of the country's dumbest and dummest criminals — Alexio Chibwana and Obvious Tembo — will not only be in the slammer for the next two years, but they will definitely be immortalised ...Published: 22 Sep 2019 at 09:25hrs | 376 | by Bishop Lazi
Soldier sustains 4 centimetre cut in robbery
A 4th brigade soldier suffered a four centimetre deep cut after he was stabbed in a robbery where his assailants made away with two sets of uniforms, cash, food stuffs and a cellphone.Accordin...Published: 18 Sep 2019 at 15:14hrs | 2041 | by Staff Reporter
Concern over sharp increase in armed robbery cases
POLICE in Midlands have expressed concern over a sharp increase in cases of armed robbery in the province.In an interview, Midlands police spokesperson, Inspector Joel Goko said the cases of p...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 06:51hrs | 232 | by Staff reportetr
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